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Posted by Sophie-Ha Tuesday, December 12, 2023

The Top 10 K-pop tours of 2023

AKP STAFF

In 2023, many K-pop artists resumed their touring activities following the relaxation of COVID-19 travel restrictions.


With the gradual easing of restrictions, K-pop fans around the globe were buzzing with excitement at the prospect of attending concerts again, and many eagerly seized the opportunity to do just that.

Recently, Billboard revealed the statistics and information on the top 10 highest-grossing touring K-pop acts in 2023.

Based on the statistics collected from Billboard Boxscore, the top 10 K-pop artists with the highest-grossing tours this year are:

  1. BLACKPINK - $148M (29 shows)
  2. SUGA - $57M (26 shows) 
  3. TWICE - $54M (18 shows)
  4. TXT - $47M (27 shows)
  5. SEVENTEEN - $43M (12 shows)
  6. ENHYPEN - $33M (19 shows)
  7. Stray Kids - $16M (8 shows)
  8. ATEEZ - $14M (10 shows)
  9. LE SSERAFIM - $8M (9 shows)
  10. NCT DREAM - $7M (4 shows)


K-netizens commented, "BLACKPINK is unbeatable," "Wow, SUGA's solo tour being there is impressive," "BTS is BTS for sure. Making the list as a solo," "Three years from now, I think NewJeans will ranking # 1 in tours," "Wow, SUGA earning 57 million USD by himself is so crazy," "BLACKPINK is in the top 10 in the full Billboard Boxscore chart," and "If BTS goes on world tour after they're discharged from the military, it'll be so crazy."

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1234567-eleven1,664 pts Tuesday, December 12, 2023 0
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Impressed to see Suga & LeSserafim on this list! Well done for a solo and a new girl group, respectively! :)

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The most impressive revenue of all time, BTS, total 11 shows PTD tours over 75.1M US$ + live views on theaters 135.7M US$ = 230.7 M US$. Also, in 2022, South Korean government limit the BTS attendance to 5k each shows but it didn’t stop the live streams attendance of 2.5 M that watched BTS on the theaters.

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